Daily Mail – Heated debate in Victoria parliament as Premier Dan Andrews is labelled ‘dictator’

aniel Andrews (right) was called a ‘dictator’ in a hysterical ‘screaming match’ in the Victorian Parliament over his new pandemic management laws – as two polls show his popularity slipping. The controversial new laws allow the premier to declare a pandemic for an unlimited time and could see rulebreakers jailed for two years and fined up to $454,350.  They also allow the Government to apply lockdowns and vaccine mandates to a ‘class of person’ such as the unvaccinated or workers with a certain type of job. In a heated debated in Parliament on Wednesday, which involved shouting across the chamber, shadow attorney-general Tim Smith (left) said: ‘This is nonsensical, it’s an abuse of power.